(Part 1 of my blog on Taiwan can be found here) Growing up in Hong Kong was a great experience. We had 9 years of free education. It was tough but not so tough that it robbed us of our childhood. Many of my friends who went overseas to continue their high school and university…
It has been a rather busy few weeks. I was an external examiner for the National University of Singapore during the last week of October. The first part of the examination was officially completed on Friday afternoon, October 31, 2014. A few hours later, I was ferried to Johor Bahru, Malaysia to attend a dinner…
It has been a very interesting journey since my 2 little girls started their running program with FlexiFitness in June 2014. My wife, being very wise (as usual), identified the coach and signed my girls up for it. Coach Rameshon is the Founder and Head Coach of FlexiFitness. He has a team of dedicated coaches…
I am getting some home run(s). I am visiting my parents in Hong Kong this weekend. So I call it a home run weekend. I will be running with my high school classmate KC, a seasoned marathon runner, early on Sunday morning before sunrise, followed by another run with my high school cross-country team boys…
As of September, 2014, the National University of Singapore (NUS) was ranked 22nd among all the universities in this world – this places NUS as the number one university in Asia. My alma mater, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been moved down a bit to 28th ranking, making it the number 3 university…
Monday afternoons are my teaching time. In addition to my Monday afternoon schedule, I occasionally receive some minor teaching assignments on other days of the week. I would say that on average, I spend approximately three quarters of a day every week at the National University of Singapore (NUS). When I first moved to Singapore,…
Time is something no one can work against. As far as we know, there is no time traveler in the history of mankind yet. On more than one occasion, I have dreamed of the good times I enjoyed when I was running with my high school cross-country team. That mixture of mental suffering and physical…
2014 is the year of World Cup soccer and the year of the Commonwealth Games. I did not watch the World Cup this year for various reasons but I managed to catch a little bit of the Commonwealth Games on TV from time to time. My little girls at home love it as they are…
About a month ago we had a little reunion of Northwestern University Prosthodontics alumnus. Northwesten University alumnus form the largest group of American-trained prosthodontists in Singapore. In our training, a big portion of our work was based on classical literature in Prosthodontics. Believe me in this, there is such a thing as ‘classical literature’ in…
I went to a school with an excellent soccer history. We were the team to beat among all the schools in Hong Kong. As there are many high schools in Hong Kong, most sports are divided into different divisions. Division 1 is the highest level and the schools compete among themselves in their respective divisions.…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 